Nature's cosmic breath of life is no better understood nor appreciated than by the Chinese scholar, lost in a bamboo grove, for the garden is a natural landscape for some, and a sanctuary of social contemplation for others. The garden is a skeletal world of Taizu stone, providing strength for the weary and offering courage to the weak. From its playful peonies, and lavish plums, lessons have been learned in the art of leisure, truly, the Mother of all philosophies.

Like the Chinese garden, the works in this exhibition were born first from the tender branches of innocence, peace and tranquility. With LEDs, the network of electronic life inside each frame is homage to China's cultural interconnectivity, and a replica of roots, veins and neurons found in nature. Liu Dao presents the nation's miraculous developments in the forms of blinking, majestic butterflies, brightly shining goldfish swaying ponderously along bonsai trees, and glinting sparrows darting across the sun.

The exhibition will run from July 31 till August 22 at the Watchtower.

About Liu Dao ( Island6 )

Liu Dao is a Shanghai-based art collective Due to the blossoming of new media and its involvement in new Chinese art, Liu Dao has recently been drawn to the idea that it's becoming easier for artwork to have a narrative. The arrangement of Liu Dao is always open to adaptation but the essence of the current art group is six Chinese artists who come from different backgrounds but all have a passion for contemporary art or experience in technology-based artwork. Various other roles are filled by rotating contributors such as writers, camera operators, film editors, computer programmers, actors, dancers and choreographers. Liu Dao occasionally features guest directors from outside China to help design installations and other projects, allowing an international and cross-cultural foundation for original ideas to be born from many sources of input.